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Vanek responds to ”benching” with big game for Buffalo Sabres

‘”It was a pretty minor benching,” Ruff said. “I think he played 16 minutes (actually he played 16:37 total in the game), so it’s a couple shifts. Benchings are a little more severe, so it was just a message that things hadn’t gone good enough.”‘